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(new york) . THE INDEPENDENT 1851
New York City Newspaper. Thursday July 24, 1851. Lg.folio, 4 leaves. Henry Ward Beecher is listed as stated contributor to editorial columns. Includes three column letter from L. B. from Mosul concerning Diabekr, Mosul, the Tigris and Nineveh. Also, short report of the arrest in San Francisco by the Committee of 100 of an Australian named Jenkins who stole a safe. Jenkins was hung at midnight in the Plaza, in what was reported as the first execution ever in San Francisco. Good, occasional dark brown spots, some fraying on one edge. (a28588)
$65.00 (san francisco) . LAW AND ORDER IN SAN FRANCISCO A BEGINNING
San Francisco 1916 Chamber of Commerce. Merchants organize to stop a wave of strikes beginning with Longshoremen in 1916. 8vo., 41pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Ex-library with blind stamp on title page pockets, spine numbers, etc. VG, text clean. (a3681)
$22.00 Grier, William M. Jr. . GRIER OF SAN FRANCISCO
Denver 1989 1st Grier. Builder in the West and his family 1878-1988. 8vo., 320pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a4350)
$20.00 (republican convention) . CENTENNIAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SAN FRANCISCO AUGUST 1956
San Francisco 1956. 4to., 160pp., illustrations, wraps. University Library name stamp on front. VG. (a48884)
$45.00Stolberg, Peter. SPECIFICATION OF LETTERS PATENT PETER STOLBERG OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. BALANCING DEVICE FOR FLYING-MACHINES
Patent issued by the United States Patent Office. Application filed November 20, 1912 (Serial No. 732, 520) patented August 12, 1913 (1,070, 200). Lg.4to., 2pp., 1 full page diagram, stapled, rebound in later wraps. Name and patent number written in ink on front (i.e, the blank verso of one diagram). VG. (a49823)
$50.00 Barry, John D. . THE CITY OF DOMES: A WALK WITH AN ARCHITECT ABOUT THE COURTS AND PALACES OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION WITH A DISCUSSION OF ITS ARCHITECTURE, ITS SCULPTURE, ITS MURAL DECORATIONS, ITS COLORING, AND ITS LIGHTING, PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF ITS GROWTH.
San Francisco 1915. 12mo., 142pp., photo illustrations, 1/2 cloth and stamped boards. VG. (a50448)
$35.00 (drugs) . DRUGS IN OUR SCHOOLS. 6 VOLUMES. NEW YORK CITY; MIAMI, FL.; CHICAGO, ILL.; SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.; KANSAS CITY, KANS.; LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Washington 1972. Hearings Before the Select Committee on Crime, House of Representatives, Ninety-Second Congress, Second Session. 6 separate volumes. Octavos, 2291pp. (paginated consecutively without break), wraps. Depository library stamp on front and on title page, a few ink numbers on front, for each volume. VG. 6 volumes. (a51698)
$150.00 Davidson, G. and Chas. A. Schott . ON THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE AT SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. FROM OBSERVATIONS MADE IN CONCERT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL GEODETIC ASSOCIATION IN 1891 AND 1892.
Washington 1893. 8vo., pp.441-508, foldout charts, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a53101)
$45.00 Preston, E.D. and George Davidson . THE CONSTANT OF ABERRATON AS DETERMINED FROM OBSERVATIONS OF LATITUDE AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Washington 1895. 8vo., pp.111-120, removed and rebound in later wraps. Short crayon notation on final page.VG. (a53106)
$25.00 Gordon, Margaret S. and Margaret Thal-Larsen . EMPLOYER POLICIES IN A CHANGING LABOR MARKET - REPORT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA EMPLOYER POLICY SURVEY
Berkeley 1969. Institute of Industrial Relations University of California. Sm.4to., 534pp. plus appendices, wraps with cloth spine. VG. (a54779)
$65.00 (art) . KQED SPECIAL ART AUCTION CELEBRATION OF BAY AREA ART
1985. Exhibition May 17-19, 1985. 4to., 68pp., illustrations, original illustrated wraps. VG, light wear, small scuff at lower left on front. (a68468)
$30.00 Rosskam, Edwin . SAN FRANCISCO WEST COAST METROPOLIS
NY 1939 Alliance Book Company. Hardcover. 4to., 136pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ, very light wear. (a71779)
$44.00 Turner, Ethel and Will Aberle (editors) . THE WANDERER VOLUME 1, NO. 1 AUGUST 1923
San Francisco 1923. Single issue (only issue?) of this poetry journal. Poetry by: George Sterling, Esther Helfrich, Jay Sigmund, Gobind Behari Lal, Margaret Widdemer, Will Aberle, Anne Bremer, Harry Noyes Pratt, Mary Barrett and Frank O'Hara. 12mo., 15pp., original wraps. Near Fine. (a73035)
$75.00 (san francisco) . ADVERTISING BROCHURE FOR AMBASSADOR HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO
no date. Original advertisement. From automobiles in photos would say 1920s. One sheet 14 x 7 inches printed in both orange and black on both sides, folded into quarters. Half front side is drawing of the Hotel with adjacent two panel map of San Franscisco. On verso are 3 interior photo views of the hotel rooms and one long photo panorama of San Francisco shoreline and waterfront. Fine. (a73561)
$29.00 Palmer, Emily G. . A SURVEY OF THE GARMENT TRADES IN SAN FRANCISCO
Berkeley 1921. University of California Bureau of Research in Education Study No. 3. Octavo, 87pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, cover toned. (a78367)
$75.00 (Taylor, William F.) . GEMS FROM THE LOVE OF THE HEROES AND HEROINES OF WM. SHAKESPEARE ARRANGED FOR SOCIAL READING
San Francisco 1884 1st Jos. Winterburn & Co. Hardcover. Octavo, original maroon-colored cloth on limp boards with gilt line trim and lettering on front. Original photograph of actress Adelaide Neilson mounted on plate in text. Neilson was a well known Shakespearean actress working in San Francisco in the 1870s and 1880s. Owner inscribed on top of title page. Good, somewhat worn, opens to title page, original photograph slighty yellowed. Binding secure and text clean. Rare. (a78377)
$215.00 Levi, Steven C. . COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LAW AND ORDER COMMITTEE, 1916-1919 - A CASE STUDY IN OFFICIAL HYSTERIA
North Carolina 1983 1st McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-058-7. Hardcover. Octavo, 154p., blue cloth. Fine, no DJ (a79722)
$28.00 Comstock, Timothy F. . THE SUTTER CLUB ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Sacramento 1989. Hardcover. Oblong 4to., 250p., photo illustrations of early San Francisco, glossy maroon silk -covered boards. VG plus, light cover wear. (a79825)
$40.00 Montgomery, Douglass W. M.D. (1859-1941) . COLLECTED WRITINGS OF DOUGLASS W. MONTGOMERY CONSISTING OF PAPERS ON DERMATOLOGY, SYPHILOGY, BIOLOGY, TRAVEL, ETC. DURING MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS OF PRACTICE IN SAN FRANCISCO (TWO VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
San Francisco 1943 1st. Two volumes. Hardcovers. Octavos, 375p., 388pp., photo illustrations, light blue buckram cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine, no DJs. 2 volume set. (a80805)
$120.00 Simpson, Anna Pratt . PROBLEMS WOMEN SOLVED- BEING THE STORY OF THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION WHAT VISION , ENTHUSIASM , WORK AND CO-OPERATION ACCOMPLISHED (original book not a reprint)
San Francisco 1915 1st Woman's Board. Hardcover. Square large octavo, 191pp., mounted photo illustrations, paper covered boards with cloth spine and mounted printed spine label. Photo illustrations of all members of the Board. VG, spine label a bit rubbed, spine toned. (a81159)
$50.00 (bridges) . FIRST ANNUAL REPORT SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE JULY 1, 1934
1934. 4to., 75pp. of text with photo illustrations, 9 drawings,12 large foldout charts and maps and diagrams at end, original printed wraps with small picture of bridge onfront. Owner signed (R. G.Douglas) on front end paper. Good, edges and spine frayed, wraps are somewhat worn overall. (a81674)
$129.00 Pfeiffer, Rosina . ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF ROSINA PFEIFFER, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Hardcover album. Square octavo, 40 pages have entries of poems, statements or prose paragraphs in manuscript, all presented to Rosina. Album dated 1877. Entries dated from 1877 to 1884. Of special interest: original tintype photograph carefully tipped-in of one of Rosina's male admirers - Max Mirsital - with a romantic poem written by him in English and then in German. Also interesting is a skillfully drawn picture of a home, handrawn in pencil, 8x5 inches, with hammock in tree outside -perhaps Rosina' dream house? Signers in the album include Ettie Blum, Jno. C. Rowley, J. A. Buffer, Lillie Arnold, Delia Fried, Scott Cooke, Conrad W Hubner, Lehman Blum, Albert Morgenstern, many others. Album is brown cloth with full silver decoration with Rosina in gilt on front. Many blank pages in album. VG, ink on a few pages is very faded. All we could find out about Rosina Pfeiffer was that she was born in San Francisco in 1856, daughter of John Pfeiffer and Elizabeth Claup. (a81842)
$450.00 Symes, Lillian . SAN FRANCISCO OUR OTHER METROPOLIS
1932. Article at pp. 620-629 in one complete issue of Harper's Magazine. Other articles in this issue. Large octavo, original printed wraps. Good plus, light wear. No ownership marks. (a84215b)
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